 | | Psycho | | Release: Sep 01, 2010 | | · out now · |  |  |
|  | One of Hitchcock’s best films and ranked among the greatest horror films of all time, Psycho still packs a considerable wallop 50 years since it first shocked moviegoers. This newly remastered HD transfer will silence cynics who don’t believe that black-and-white benefits... more |
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|  | | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo | | Release: Sep 02, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy of novels sits right behind the Twilight Saga on the best-seller list. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first in the series and the book’s dark tone has been faithfully captured in this fine Swedish adaptation, the first installment... more |
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 | | When in Rome | | Release: Sep 08, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | On a trip to Italy, unlucky-in-love Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) steals five coins from a fountain of love, promptly attracting five unwanted suitors. Ultimately, it turns out she has been cursed and must find a way to undo her wrong.
When in Rome is a romantic... more |
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|  | | Letters to Juliet | | Release: Sep 15, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | Aspiring writer Amanda Seyfried follows her restaurateur fiancé Gael García Bernal to Verona, where she is one of the many volunteers keeping a tradition alive, answering lovelorn letters addressed to Shakespeare’s star crossed heroine. A 50-year-old letter Seyfried... more |
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 | | New York, I Love You | | Release: Sep 15, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | Woody Allen has championed New York City throughout his career; now a whole group of fresh filmmakers have jumped aboard with interweaving tales of the Big Apple. The producers of Paris, Je T’aime have assembled an impressive and sexy cast including Natalie Portman, Orlando... more |
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|  | | Hamish and Andy’s Caravan of Courage | | Release: Aug 26, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | While Hamish Blake states that on the advice of legal counsel he can’t comment on the stunning similarity between the title of this DVD set, and a little known film from Star Wars creator George Lucas, featuring cute, furry ‘ewoks’, he is prepared to disclose that this UK... more |
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 | | Pandorum | | Release: Sep 08, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | A visually slick sci-fi/horror hybrid that bypassed cinemas in Oz, Blu-ray is the best way to check out Pandorum. Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster and Cam Gigandet wake up aboard a darkened spacecraft with no idea of who they are, where they are, and how long they have been there.
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|  | | Repo Men | | Release: Sep 29, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | Not to be confused with cult film Repo Man starring Emilio Estevez, this new sci-fi thriller has more in common with recent horror-musical Repo! The Genetic Opera, in which human organs are repossessed. Set in a future where artificial organs can be purchased, and also... more |
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 | | Glee: Season 1 Vol 2 | | Release: Sep 22, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | The teen series that has, amazingly, made American high school music cool returns, once again successfully combining teen angst with sly humour and an inspired collection of cover versions, including a special Madonna-themed episode. The second half of the first season opens... more |
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|  | | Hot Tub Time Machine | | Release: Sep 01, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | This buddy comedy stars John Cusack, Craig Robinson and Rob Corddry as mates in need of cheering up. Travelling to a ski resort that holds fond memories for them all, they discover a temporal spa that transports them back to 1986, providing an opportunity to change their... more |
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 | | Robin Hood | | Release: Sep 22, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | Robin Hood reunites director Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe for another historical romp. Crowe plays royal archer Robin Longstride, who returns to England from the Crusades to find the country on the verge of civil war.
Determined to fulfill a promise he made to a dying... more |
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|  | | The Children | | Release: Sep 08, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | Evil children are a regular horror movie fixture and this self-explanatory British entry introduces a scary new brood who turn on their parents and relatives during Christmas vacation. Is their sudden homicidal behaviour the result of a virus, or something more sinister?
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 | | The People Under The Stairs | | Release: Sep 08, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | “In every neighbourhood there is one house that adults whisper about and children cross the street to avoid.” Armed with this terrific tagline, a great title and a spooky poster which has since become an iconic horror image, this 1991 shocker from Wes Craven is something... more |
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|  | | The Brood | | Release: Sep 08, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | This early film from ‘body horror’ specialist David Cronenberg was conceived from the bitterness of the writer-director’s own divorce. Described by the filmmaker as his version of Kramer vs. Kramer, this twisted tale casts Oliver Reed as a psychiatrist experimenting with... more |
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 | | She’s Out Of My League | | Release: Sep 09, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | An average guy winds up with the girl of his dreams in this likeable teen comedy from the writers of Hot Tub Time Machine. Jay Baruchel (Knocked Up) plays the geek with no confidence who miraculously scores a date with "Perfect 10" Alice Eve (Crossing Over), breaking the... more |
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|  | | Visioneers | | Release: Sep 01, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | This corporate comedy recalls vintage Terry Gilliam (Brazil) in its depiction of a bleak working world where an epidemic of self combustion is sweeping deskbound, stressed and depressed workers. Zach Galifianakis, a seasoned character actor recently seen as part of The Hangover... more |
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 | | The Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2 | | Release: Sep 30, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | It's been 10 years since Nick Giannopoulos struck box office gold with The Wog Boy. This belated sequel reunites him with fellow ethnic exponents of Australian cinema, Vince Colosimo and Alex Dimitriades, relocating the "fully sick" shenanigans and ethnic eccentricities... more |
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|  | | The Slammin’ Salmon | | Release: Sep 15, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | In the titular Miami restaurant, owned by eccentric former boxing champ Michael Clarke Duncan, the staff are revved up for a big night of upselling, with a major cash prize up for grabs. But there's something fishy behind the scheme – the boss has some major gambling debts... more |
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 | | Extraordinary Measures | | Release: Sep 22, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | When two of his children are diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, Brendan Fraser gives up his career as an executive to search for a cure to the potentially fatal condition. Harrison Ford assists, as an unorthodox doctor who offers the best hope for Fraser; the two form... more |
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|  | | Fish Tank | | Release: Sep 02, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | From Andrea Arnold, the writer-director of the 2006 Cannes Jury Prize winner Red Road, comes this gritty slice of British kitchen-sink realism of the kind favoured by Ken Loach and Mike Leigh. Young English actress Katie Jarvis plays Mia, an aimless teen in an Essex housing... more |
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 | | 44 Inch Chest | | Release: Sep 18, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | Reuniting the scribes of brutal cult fave Sexy Beast with two of its stars, Ray Winstone and Ian McShane, 44 Inch Chest is an equally tough Cockney crime caper. When Winstone’s cheating wife decides to leave him, he forms a lynch mob to take revenge on her lover.
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|  | | Accidents Happen | | Release: Sep 16, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | Dysfunctional families continue to be fertile ground for screenwriters. This Australian-British co-production follows a fractured family's attempts to cope with incident in their own individual and conflicting ways, over a period of eight years.
Harrison Gilbertson (Beneath... more |
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 | | Parasite | | Release: Sep 08, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | This 1982 flick is notable for a number of reasons – it helped spearhead the early ‘80’s 3D revival, it featured a young Demi Moore in her movie debut, and the creature effects were designed by the legendary Stan Winston (Aliens, Jurassic Park). And look out for Runaways... more |
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|  | | Black Lightning | | Release: Sep 22, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | Not to be confused with the DC comic book character of the same name, this Russian action flick has all the makings of a cult item, not least in that it's produced by Timur Bekmambetov (Nightwatch, Wanted). A Moscow student comes into possession of a very special vehicle... more |
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 | | Only The Brave | | Release: Sep 22, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | Action stars Jason Scott Lee and Mark Dacascos take the lead in this remarkable World War II story, one that's based on actual events. A group of Japanese Americans, incarcerated immediately following the invasion of Pearl Harbor, successfully petition the US government... more |
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|  | | Brooklyn’s Finest | | Release: Sep 02, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | From the director of Training Day comes another star-powered chronicle of crime and corruption. Brooklyn's Finest centres on an operation to clean up a housing project, and three police officers facing moral conflicts of their own.
Don Cheadle must take down a drug kingpin... more |
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 | | The King of Fighters | | Release: Sep 22, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | Based on the video game of the same name, The King of Fighters sets descendants of three legendary clans on a collision course across dimensions. Hong Kong filmmaker Gordon Chan has directed Jet Li in Fist of Legend and Jackie Chan in The Medallion, so he knows a thing or... more |
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|  | | Under The Mountain | | Release: Sep 22, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | Kiwi filmmaker Jonathan King became a name to look out for after his debut feature, the splatter comedy Black Sheep, became a cult favourite. King’s sophomore movie is another genre piece; this time adapted from a young adult novel by celebrated New Zealand author Maurice... more |
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 | | The Secret of Moonacre | | Release: Sep 02, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | This children’s fantasy is based on the novel The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge, noteworthy in that it’s the favourite childhood book of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. Dakota Blue Richards (The Golden Compass) plays an orphan who discovers that her family is... more |
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|  | | The Spy Next Door | | Release: Sep 09, 2010 | | · coming soon · | | |
| | | At 56, Hong Kong action superstar Jackie Chan is far from his manic best in martial arts classics like The Legend of Drunken Master and Police Story. Nevertheless, his anything goes attitude and enthusiasm gives this family comedy an infectious energy.
That’s not to say... more |
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 | | Zombies of Mass Destruction | | Release: Sep 16, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | There’s more living dead mayhem being unleashed on DVD this month, as those hungry zombies just refuse to lie down. In Zombies of Mass Destruction, the residents of a Washington State seaside community develop a taste for brains after a viral epidemic sweeps through the... more |
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|  | | The Toxic Avenger | | Release: Sep 24, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | Having delivered a prolific output of quality cult films and Z-grade atrocities over the past 30 years, schlock studio Troma makes a welcome return to the DVD shelves this month. The flagship title of this barmy independent is undoubtedly The Toxic Avenger, a superhero flick... more |
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 | | Class of Nuke 'Em High | | Release: Sep 22, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | Tromaville High School is the setting for this second feature from the makers of the infamous The Toxic Avenger. Building a high school next door to a nuclear power plant isn’t such a good idea, especially when fallout gets into the school dealer’s dope supply, mutating... more |
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|  | | TNA Wrestling: Sacrifice 2010 | | Release: Aug 18, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | With Jeff Hardy doing his best impersonation of Adam West and Dr. Craw from Get Smart's lovechild on the cover, this recent TNA release is a good indication of just how far the promotion has come from a theatrical perspective. The May Pay-Per-View features a card of nine... more |
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 | | UFC: Ultimate 100 Grestest Fight Moments | | Release: Sep 22, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | True UFC fans will probably need little in the way of coercion to feel sufficiently excited about this release. 16 years of 'gold standard' combat from the likes of Chuck Liddell and Royce Gracie alone would probably guarantee a few hours of compelling viewing.
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|  | | TNA Wrestling: Slammiversary VIII | | Release: Sep 15, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | If there were any remaining doubts about the growth of the TNA franchise during the past eight years, management obliterated them with a video that served as a prelude to this year's Slammiversary. The video package featured comments from Dixie Carter, Kurt Angle and Hulk... more |
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 | | UFC 113 | | Release: Sep 22, 2010 | | · coming soon · | |
| | | Canada's Montreal Bell Centre hosted the event that will perhaps be best remembered for the two hot topics of conversation that emerged after the last bout had finished. The first involved the career of Kimbo Slice, with Dana White indicating that he would probably be cut... more |
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|  | | Doctor Who: Series 5, Volume 3 | | Release: Sep 02, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | The third volume in the most recent Who series contains the episodes Amy Choice, The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood. In the first, the Doctor and his companions are caught in a fantasy scenario devised by the sinister Dream Lord. Besieged by alienpossessed pensioners, they... more |
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 | | The Vampire Diaries: Season 1 | | Release: Sep 01, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | The Vampire Diaries sits somewhere between Twilight and True Blood, but is more likely to appeal to fans of the former. It's another dangerous romance involving a high school girl and a pair of feuding vampire brothers, set in a small town and based on a series of young... more |
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|  | | The Good Wife: Season 1 | | Release: Sep 02, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | It helps to be the Sunday follow up programme for the phenomenally successful MasterChef. This US legal series and Golden Globe winner provided the perfect slice of post Chef viewing.
The lovely Julianna Margulies (from E.R.) is a mother who returns to her former job... more |
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 | | The Gruffalo | | Release: Sep 02, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | The Gruffalo is BBC’s splendid animated adaptation of the much-loved Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler kids’ book. The Gruffalo tells the simple tale of a canny little mouse who encounters three lethal predators while on a stroll through the woods searching for food. In... more |
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|  | | Edge of Darkness | | Release: Jul 07, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | Two of the best recent Bond films have been GoldenEye and Casino Royale, both directed by Martin Campbell. With the political suspense thriller Edge of Darkness, Campbell has revisited a BAFTA award-winning mini-series he helmed for the BBC in 1985.
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 | | Clash of the Titans | | Release: Aug 11, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | This remake of the 1981 fantasy adventure replaces Ray Harryhausen’s stop motion marvels with CGI and Harry Hamlin with hero of the moment Sam Worthington. In a plot ripped from Greek mythology, the god Hades (Ralph Fiennes), feuding with main man Zeus (Liam Neeson), vows... more |
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|  | | Date Night | | Release: Aug 18, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | The inspired casting and onscreen repartee of TV sitcom superstars Steve Carell (The Office) and Tina Fey (30 Rock) elevates Date Night into the ranks of quality action-comedies. As a bored married couple whose weekly restaurant ritual keeps their romantic spark alive –... more |
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 | | The Blind Side | | Release: Aug 18, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | Based on actual events, The Blind Side recounts the remarkable journey of Michael Oher, from homeless teen to American football star. Sandra Bullock plays Leigh Anne Touhy, the matriarch and southern belle who takes Oher into her home, facing up to staunch prejudice in doing... more |
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|  | | The Book of Eli | | Release: Aug 18, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | The bleached, post-apocalypse wasteland that genre filmmakers seem to love is this time traversed by Denzel Washington in this thoughtful action-thriller. A loner committed to protecting a valuable text that could bring hope to the survivors of a devastated world, Denzel... more |
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 | | Voyage to the Planets | | Release: Aug 05, 2010 | | · out now · | | |
| | | Combining NASA footage and CGI simulations, this 6-part ABC series offers a virtual (and hypothetical) tour of the Solar System. Armchair astronauts can now boldly go where robots and deep space probes have gone before, from the hellish boiling terrains of Mercury and Venus,... more |
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|  | | Family Guy: Season 9 | | Release: Aug 18, 2010 | | · out now · | |
| | | Any fan of Family Guy’s perpetually irreverent social and political critiques will find it difficult to view any of the show’s seasons as anything less than a solid investment in quality viewing time and laughs. Season 9 (which screened as seasons 7 and 8 in the US) invites... more |
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